Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-09-02

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gregated l.2l5 carloads, against 800 car.
load. TO same date last year.
Charles Alexander Percy, yoang mechan mic
of Suspension bridge, New York. sarresstully '
pas ed through lh+ whirlpool rapids of Niagara
Sunday in n life5o / of his o. wn construction
| Four m, ,skel R,"n entered the h,u of ,hn
Srhultze and WIFI Red's Prairie. Tex, hound
them, poured kerosese oil over them and set il
on fire. They then rohb' d the house, 6rding
81 80.
Some Grand Army men participating in the
procession in IA NOR of tn nnnu Il reunion OF
he Smetv of the Amy OF West Virginia a,
Wheeling Sunday refused to pass under - bnn-
uer containing portrait OF Pres dent Clevs
land, and tral-d th ir colors.
! Mr.. Robert Lincoln, Of Chicago, has been in
terviewed by the Toledo Biade aud is quoted
as saying that he conld not accept tn. nomina
ton for Vice Prsei ient Of Ih- Uaitei States
aud be does not desire the presitenc because
h. has too much Of the wear aud tear o.
off ial life.
S-ptimu: J. Tus,in, of W-st Pikel,nI, Pa,
in walking through a cemrtsry noticed an in.
scrlplion on tombstone reading: IF lead
ing politicians and priests all ga to heaven.
then I'm bound for some other place" He
went home and published card Withdrawing
his name MS \ Gu ndiduie for Ufice.
! Washington, August 2A.-Nothwith~tand-
ing the large pension payments this mont h.
amounting TO SIG 500 900. the receipts for the
month TO date are more 'hsn 81 500, 000 in ex-
cess Of the total expenditures during the sims
period. The receipts have averaged over .
million dollars day, and nov amount TO S33,
Sl4 35i.
/ ID ~.
I'd Governor OF Kenracky At Frankfort Tuesday
A procession OF State miliri, OH ,isls ind ses
| hremen and police .scJrtrd him TO I e 5 ate
| House. The o,th ws. administered hy Cbi-i
Justice Pryer. The retiring Governor. II "a
j. octor kaott, .ill make his home in
Louisville.
Jay Kingdom G ,uld, the youag son and
heir OF Mr.. George Gould. has = cradle oi
mother o. pearl, resting on feet of solid gold
The gift OF h gran father. Mr. Goul IS mater
sal granimo,ber has sent rhristesging rohs
from Baiea, which was 70 mefls usra oy one
Of the crowa princes Of Germany. and has the
crown ~osen IN front The youngster has
| been provided with a pair of diamond armlets
by Mr.. J. c. Flood, of California.
| Mr.. Robert Bouuer drove MaudS Saturday
afternoon, on the three quarter mi track os
his farm, al Tsrrytowu, n. Y, the fastest
mile that has ever been made to a wagon. The
6rst half Vas made 10 0sl and the las, all
/ in l.0i}, msking the mile in l3i Ne.
Boaaer urged the mare enly on the last half
when she made the marvellous time Of 0t2 10
. wagon on . three quarter track. Mr.. Boo.
aer weighs thirty pounds over the regular
weight.
/ Bishop Adams arrived in Centreville on
Thursday night on bis hrst WRIT. He was me,
At The train by Rev. James A Mitchell, Wm
Nc cKsnney and Charles y. Clash. who escorted
him 10 the residence OF Col Wm MSksnn.y
where be will be entertained daring his stay
The Bishop IN lkes = favorable impression upon
all who m=eI him. He presents Soc person
al appearance, and is genial snd soCi.bls. He
is visiting difsrest parishes OF the diocese and
getting acquainted u,ib his people.
The house Of Drtspach l. Rosenseld OF Ssu
Francisco. The big bull operators 10 beat
made sssg gnment on saturday This Is
lcoksd upon as = collapse Of the wheat rims
shich has bern in eXisieBce for 4 loag time
The call board adjoorpsd IS son as ihs xu
nouacemsnt OF the assignment vas made, &C
ss 10 allow time for a more compe,e undrr
sta ndiug of the situation and avoid a p=nic -
The NevadI Bank 10 the assignee Of joan Ro
sen6eld. Mr. Dr.sPaoh sssigsed 10 c, Z Stone
The resrie'e Of John Thomas Ross. th.
Baltimore butker, ~ho Vas TO have besn exc
cu,sd Friday, reached the sheriff 10 time
10 s,sy In. execution. Ross received ihs 10
,slliK-are ~i,hout emotion. The r.prie.s ~sj
granted upon the recommendation OF = pAx
II ian hac-yS Ross - isssnr. = ni- -aSssAA1l
/ before ~ hom be vas tried Tne Governor sar.
Il jury or com n,iee shall dad R1s. - OF
.osud mind be will not further iat-rpOse. and
he execution ~ill tax. place On the asA o
September.
A mi.chi.vous workman, named Polk 10
The large mill at Ontonsgou, Mich 90 S.tur
day placed = small garter snake upon Toe
.hoslder OF = felio = kn.a named iie lins
| The man was busy, aud the reptile m sie the
eircuIt OF bis neck before he uoliexd that So me
| ihing Vas wrosg Then he sr-n-a Li, u-cs
aud met the ,sbiux eyes and daruug Go"gus
Of the snake within too iaches Of bis nose.
aud, With . scresm OF horror. thvs up hi.
hands and fell TO the door 10 dead faint
iiollins is no~ very 10. from the tdre's Of The
| shock.
| Some alarm "a. caused ia Charleston, 5 C.
/ oy tuo shocks Of esrthqs.ks, Uos nesr mid
/ aight and another a, b,s O'Clock Saturday
norning. The shakes ssre very distinet In
sum nst vile, bu, ose only slight 10 Charleston
| rbe alarm is not caused bv the violence OF ID.
| shake. hut from the singslsr coincidrne. that
| e-day is the anniversary Of the preliminary
| shock which preceded the disastrous earth
quake Of August 81 last. The fact that the
| skakrs should have occurred on The Same day
| Of the year, and almost 81 The same hour,
| causes some alarm among the umd, al
though il is hardly possible that last year
| siesmic programme could be dup icsted. The
shake 10 Summerville 10 described .. The server
est experienced there in siI mooIhs. There
vas no rumbling SQUAD TO be heard, but the
tremsr VAS very pronounced.
| A special despatch from Jefer SOD, Ga. says:
| Jasper Porter; Who lives Ave miles from th,
city, bad an engagement to spend last night at
| the residence Of the parents Of bis sffi .ncsd
Miss Ward, living near Walnut Church. 10
Jsckso county, and to escort her TO church
Sunday. He left home Friday afternoon to
keep his appointment. On reaching Walnu,
Church he found a Isrgely-stieuded tuuef.l 10
progress, aad catered the edi6ce TO attended
| the ceremonies. Not being we'll acquainted in
the sghborbood, he did rot ask who was
dead, but ~ssn an opportunity was given TO
take q last look at the deceased, Porter fell 10
Iise With The rest. On reaching The coffis he
saw 10 il the face Of his sweetheart. He broke
| into loud lamea tatioas, and would soon ha ve
4 been prostrais1 beside the cofin had he not
mourners. 1t is feared that Porter's grief will
end in insanity.
dispatch from Columbia, S. c., says
"The enormous phosphate industry of South
Carolina is now in . stsgnsnt aud crippled
coalition. The annual product Of the mines
in this State is over half a million tons A
few years ago this rock brought from 81 to SO
Companies bought up phosphate lands at large
prices. and made enormous outlays for INA
ehnery. The prices have gradually declined,
and the supply is above the dema nd, aud cruda
! rock only brings So so. AS royalty Of 81
has 10 be paid the State for all river rock, the
price does not pay expenses but the phos
phate companies have to bold on because OF
the enormous outlay. For months most oi
the conpa MES have been attempting TO 'orm a
combination 10 raise the price aud regulate the
market. All but one company in the pbos
phate business have joined. Great pressure rs
being brought TO bear upon this company. and
it will probably give TO this week. The price
1 nj rork i'll prohsh shly he raised "a t,n